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Article: Research team discovers brain pathway responsible for obesity.
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- Obesity & Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- October 20, 2008
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University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers, for the first time, have found a messaging system in the brain that directly affects food intake and body weight (see also University of Wisconsin-Madison).
Reported in the Oct. 3, 2008 issue of Cell, the findings--from a study in mice--point to a completely new approach to treating and preventing obesity in humans. The discovery also offers hope for new ways to treat related disorders, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases--the most prevalent health problems in the United States and the rest of the developed world.
Led by Dongsheng Cai, an assistant professor of physiology at the UW School of ...